Sprouting Seed Storage

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I have ended up with 12 1/2 pounds of alfalfa seed for sprouting!!! I know this is enough for a small army.....Has anyone used their tilia foodsaver vacuum (or something similar) to divide up their sprouting seeds into small packets for storage? I seem to remember someone saying that the sprouting seeds should not be vacuum stored?? Something about needing air to stay "sproutable"????

-- jeanne (jeanne@hurry.now), April 25, 1999

Answers

Someday, someone will explain where this series of beliefs came from. Seeds and grains are DORMANT when stored. They do NOT utilize any oxygen, water, or anything else. Storing in a nitrogen, CO2, or vaccuum state does NOT impede their later use for ANYTHING.

Of course, I could be as wet as I think the "Seeds need oxygen. Grind grain fresh so the flour still has life force" folks are.

(If wheat etc. needed oxygen, then the wheat that has been stored for a couple thousand or so years in sealed amphorae found on the bottom of the sea ought not to sprout anywhere near as well as it does.)

Chuck

-- chuck, a Night Driver (rienzoo@en.com), April 25, 1999.


Seeds do respire [use oxygen]. Seeds in an sealed amphorae are not under vacuum or under nitrogen, etc. Even these don't germinate that well, in general. Hey, but what do I know, I've only worked in this area for 40 y.

Z1X4Y7

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), April 25, 1999.


people who say things and then say 'but what do I know' should be taken as face value. Ergo, they may be wrong.

Those that say they know all, and then use an anonymous e-mail address fall in the same catagory.

READ BOOKS! GO TO THE LIBRARY! ASK A LOCAL FARMER! SEARCH FOR THE ANSWERS! DON'T ACCEPT ONE PERSON'S ANSWER AS LAW!

Did I make it plain enough?

-- J (jart5@bellsouth.net), April 25, 1999.


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